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Sony Vaio VGN-FW270J/W

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Sony Vaio VGN-FW270J/W
Sony Vaio VGN-FW270J/W (Vaio VGN-FW Series)
Display
16.40 inch 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
4 kg ( = 141.1 oz / 8.82 pounds), Power Supply: 0 g ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
1100 Euro

 

Price comparison

Average Score: 80.5% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
price: - %, performance: 60%, features: 80%, display: - % mobility: 70%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: 90%

Reviews for the Sony Vaio VGN-FW270J/W

80% Sony VAIO FW Review - VAIO FW 270j Review
Source: Laptop Logic English Archive.org version
With an HDMI port, a Blu-ray player and a beautiful and brightly lit 16.4” 16:9 1600x900 HD display, the Sony VAIO FW270j is a laptop designed for multimedia and designed for it well. As good as media looks when played on it, the FW270j itself is no slouch. With a minimalist design featuring an all silver chassis and black pebble keyboard, this laptop is easy on the eyes. It packs an Intel Core 2 Due P8400 2.26GHz along with 4GB RAM and a 320GB HDD too, so it’s hardly limited to multimedia use. Although the weight is not excessive for the form factor it’s still a bit heavy to carry around, and the relatively low battery life will further incline you to keep this notebook close to home.
von 5: 4, Ausstattung 4, Mobilität 3, Leistung 2, Emissionen sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/05/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40% features: 80% mobility: 60% emissions: 90%
81% Sony VGNFW270J/W
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
With a sleek design, HD-friendly display, and a Blu-ray-writable drive, the 16-inch Sony Vaio FW270 is a near-ideal portable entertainment center.
(von 10): 8.1, Ausstattung 8, Leistung 8, Mobilität 8
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/06/2008
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 80%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.


P8400:

Middle class dual core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. For high end gamer the performance could be not sufficient (for class 1 graphic cards).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


 

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Sony Vaio VGN-FW270J/W
Sony Vaio VGN-FW270J/W
Stefan Hinum, 2008-11-29 (Update: 2012-05-26)